2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship Explained

2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship
Host City:	Thun, Switzerland
Dates:	February 9–15
Winner:	Team Stern
Curling Club:	CC Oberwallis, Brig-Glis
Skip:	Elena Stern
Fourth:	Briar Hürlimann
Second:	Lisa Gisler
Lead:	Céline Koller
Alternate:	Christine Urech
Coach:	Earle Morris
Finalist:	Silvana Tirinzoni
Next:	2021

The 2020 Swiss Women's Curling Championship, Switzerland's national women's curling championship, was held from February 9 to 15 in Thun, Switzerland.^[1] The winning Elena Stern team was supposed to represent Switzerland at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada but the event got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^{[2] [3]}

The event featured the reigning World Champion rink Silvana Tirinzoni from Aarau, the Elena Stern rink from CC Oberwallis and two time World Champion team Binia Feltscher from Langenthal. In the final, Stern capped off an undefeated week by defeating Tirinzoni's team for the third time during the competition. Feltscher won the bronze medal with a 9–8 win over Nora Wüest.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^{[4] [5]}

Club	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
CC Langenthal						Langenthal
CC Zug						Zug
CC Limmattal						Urdorf
CC Oberwallis	Briar Hürlimann (Fourth)	Elena Stern (Skip)				Brig-Glis
CC Lausanne Olympique	Celine Schwizgabel (Fourth)	Ophélie Gauchat	Fabienne Gimmel	Emma Suter (Skip)	Anaelle Ciganek	Lausanne
CC Aarau	Alina Pätz (Fourth)	Silvana Tirinzoni (Skip)				Aarau
CC Wetzikon	Nora Wüest		Ladina Müller	Lisa Gugler	Karin Winter	Wetzikon

Round robin standings

Final round robin standings

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Skip W L PF PA Elena Stern (Oberwallis) 6 0 43 31 28 21 3 8 Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau) 5 1 46 22 24 17 2 7 Binia Feltscher (Langenthal) 3 3 41 44 21 26 4 6 Nora Wüest (Wetzikon) 3 3 35 37 25 24 4 7 Irene Schori (Limmattal) 2 4 39 40 25 21 4 5 Emma Suter (Lausanne) 1 5 23 42 17 25 5 0 Corrie Hürlimann (Zug) 1 5 33 44 21 27 4 5

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Central European Time .^[6]

Draw 1

Sunday, February 9, 4:00 pm

Draw 2

Monday, February 10, 8:00 am

Draw 3

Monday, February 10, 4:00 pm

Draw 4

Tuesday, February 11, 9:00 am

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 11, 7:00 pm

Draw 6

Wednesday, February 12, 12:00 pm

Draw 7

Wednesday, February 12, 8:00 pm

Championship Round

Standings

Final Championship Pool standings

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Skip W L PF PA Elena Stern (Oberwallis) 9 0 64 44 41 30 6 12 Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau) 6 3 67 43 36 29 3 9 Binia Feltscher (Langenthal) 5 4 62 61 32 37 9 9 Nora Wüest (Wetzikon) 3 6 46 60 34 38 4 7

Results

Draw 8

Thursday, February 13, 6:00 pm

Draw 9

Friday, February 14, 12:00 pm

Draw 10

Friday, February 14, 6:00 pm

Finals

Bronze medal game

Saturday, February 15, 8:30 am

Final

Saturday, February 15, 5:30 pm

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swiss Curling Championships to take place in Thun from February 9 to 15 (French). SWISS Curling Association. February 8, 2020.
2. News: World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled. The Sports Network. The Canadian Press. March 12, 2020. July 26, 2020.
3. News: World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada. March 12, 2020. World Curling Federation. July 26, 2020.
4. Web site: Teams. CurlingZone. February 8, 2020.
5. Web site: List of Teams. SWISS Curling Association. February 8, 2020.
6. Web site: Results. CurlingZone. February 8, 2020.